Legal Opinion
United States v. Sharpe
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 20, 1999No. 97-60263, 97-60704PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:
In this criminal appeal, we examine once again the sordid tale of Kirksey McCord Nix’s (“Nix”) prison-based criminal empire and the related murders of Vincent and Margaret Sherry. We first examined these events in United States v. Sharpe, 995 F.2d 49 (5th Cir.1993) (“Sharpe I”). Since Sharpe I new facts have come to light implicating Thomas Leslie Holcomb (“Holcomb”) and Peter Halat, Jr. (“Halat”) in the Sherrys’ murder. As a result of this new information a grand jury issued a fifty-two count indictment against Nix, Holcomb, Halat, and Sheri LaRa Sharpe (“Sharpe”).…
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